The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-07

young lawyer at Trabue is laboring under
the delusion that he can Dust up the IN
! corporation Of both Ogden and Arcadia, IN
account of illegality, etc. Come up, sonny,
as soon as you can spare the time. we hVe
to learn, you know.
| On Tuesday Storkey Cox, of Attapulgus,
Ga, arrived at Concord and was married to
Miss Amanda Collins so very secretly that
no one in town, except Rev. DR.. Wright,
who officiated knew anything about the
matter. Mr. Cox is an aged gentleman and
Miss Collins was his sister-in-law.
Instructions have been given to Acting
Agent Robbins, for the South Florida Rail
road, at Tampa, that all freight except fish
and bedding can now leave as usual, but
passengers for points in the State will be de
layed at quarantine camp one train, for
fumigation of clothing and baggage
Through passengers will not be detained.
Two plumbers at the Ponce de Leon
Hotel, at st. Augustine, were discharged
Tuesday for neglecting their work, and
thereupon the whole force quit work
Wednesday morning, demanding the rein
statement of the two discharged. This the
builder refused to accede to, but neverthe-
less the balance returned to work after
dinner, and now all is serene in the plumb
ing department of the great Ponce de Leon.
Az OF. aug ldSJ W0Sh WIN van iCi
Pomar was in the neighborhood of the
Cleveland House, he noticed a colored man
enter the hallway i'll a suspicious manner,
and watching him, POmar saw him take
fine beaver overcoat from the rack, and
make off with it. Pomar at once gave chase.
When the colored man reached the Museum,
he threw the coat over fence, but kept on
running closely pursued by Pomar, who
succeeded in overtaking him in North City,
xHrla tha fT-arTy fhTlIV
over fence making no attempt to
use it. Pomar brought him to the city and
turned him over to the Deputy Sheriff who
lodged him in Jail.
At ST. Augustine last week, William
Lawrence, who is charged with shooting,
in default of 81 900 bail was committed to
the county jail for trial at the next term of
the Circuit Court, i'll March next The evil
dence in this case was very conflicting,
some witnesses testifying that Mr. Sullies
was shot, while others were equally conf
dent that he was only struck with cane.
Drs. Rainey and Smith were positive that
the wound was caused by bullet. After
hearing all of the evidence, Judge Mac
Williams considered it sufficient to warrant
him in holding Lawrence for trial on the
charge of shooting with intent to kill. Law
renee finally secured bail, his bondsmen be-
ing B. F. Oliveros, F. Z. Witsell, D. NJ.
Papy ana Robert Mlckler.
Ellwood H. Buchanan, second son of Capt
I. E. Buchanan, of Jacksonville, died at his
fathers home at $50 o'clock Monday night,
after suffering with typho-malarial fever
for six or seven weeks, in the 2Sth year of
his age. He was reared in Jacksonville,
and finished his education at Monteagle
Seminary, Sewannee, Tenn. He was promi-
nent in society, and was, undoubtedly, the
best known and most popular young man
in the city, being leading member of the
Florida Yacht Club. Nearly year ago
Mr.. Buchanan removed to Birmingham,
Ala, but of late has been travelling for his
father. 1t was during a trip to Macon,
Ca, that he became victim to the fever,
and for several days he was at the Lanier
House, in that city, until his father reached
his bedside, when he was removed to the
family residence on East Bay street.
At Daytona Wednesday afternoon Will
liam johnson, while standing near Frank
Greers grocery, on First street, was accosted
by Paul Tilman, who, addressing two or
three words to his intended victim,
whipped out a 32-calibre pistol and fired
once with fatal effect and Immediately fed
to the scrub west of town, and has up to
this writing not been seen except once, at
about sunset on the Volusia road by G. w.
Bennett, who was not aware of the crime.
Upon Johnson's person were found SIS so in
cash and razor, broken by the shot. 1t
appears on examination of Drs. Wallace,
Mayer and j. H. Niver, that the darkey did
not come to his death by a wound, thee
being no sign of broken skin, except a
scratch on the little finger, while grasping
his defensive razor. L yidently he died
from fright Both were negroes-gamblers
and rogues of the deepest dye. Tilman has
been spotted for arrest some time, but has
always eluded it at the important moment